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Jabatan Kemajuan Islam Malaysia (JAKIM) melalui Bahagian Hab Halal ingin memberi penjelasan berhubung isu penarikan balik Sijil Pengesahan Halal Malaysia bagi syarikat Secret Recipe Manufacturing Sdn. Bhd. berikutan kenyataan mengenainya yang disebarkan secara meluas di laman-laman sosial.
Penarikan Sijil Pengesahan Halal Malaysia bagi syarikat tersebut adalah disebabkan telah berlaku perlanggaran terhadap Manual Prosedur Pensijilan Halal Malaysia yang melibatkan kesalahan-kesalahan kebersihan dan GMP (Good Manufacturing Practice) yang serius. Penarikan ini walau bagaimanapun adalah TIDAK disebabkan kesalahan penggunaan bahan haram dalam pemprosesan produk.
Bahagian Hab Halal telah memanggil syarikat terlibat dan syarikat berkenaan telah berjanji akan melakukan tindakan segera berhubung kesalahan yang dilakukan sehingga mengakibatkan Sijil Pengesahan Halal Malaysia mereka ditarik balik.
Penarikan Sijil Pengesahan Halal Malaysia adalah berkuatkuasa pada 7 Mei 2015. Walau bagaimanapun, penarikan sijil halal tersebut tidaklah menghalang syarikat berkenaan untuk memohon semula Sijil Halal setelah tindakan pembetulan telah dibuat dan mematuhi piawaian pensijilan halal Malaysia. JAKIM akan membuat penilaian semula terhadap permohonan tersebut berdasarkan pemeriksaan dan pematuhan ke atas Malaysia Standard 1500:2009 dan Manual Prosedur Pensijilan Halal Malaysia 2014.
JAKIM amat memandang serius perkara ini dan mengingatkan kepada setiap pemegang Sijil Pengesahan Halal Malaysia agar sentiasa mematuhi piawaian pensijilan halal Malaysia dari masa ke masa. Tindakan juga akan diambil tanpa kompromi kepada mana-mana pihak yang melakukan pelanggaran terhadap pematuhan piawaian pensijilan halal setelah memiliki Sijil Pengesahan Halal Malaysia.
JAKIM juga ingin menasihatkan pengguna agar tidak membuat andaian pelbagai dan menyebarkan isu ini secara salah. Sebarang maklumat lanjut, pengguna boleh berhubung terus dengan Bahagian Hab Halal Jakim di talian 03-8892 5000 / 5001 (talian utama) dan 03-8892 5048 (Pegawai Perhubungan Awam) dan semakan status halal juga boleh disemak melalui Direktori Halal Malaysia di www.halal.gov.my.
Sekian dimaklumkan, terima kasih.
HAJAH HAKIMAH BINTI MOHD YUSOFF
Pengarah,
Bahagian Hab Halal, Jakim
26 Mei 2015
Attending a concert in Malaysia? Be prepared to sit separately from your friends of the opposite sex and refrain from excessive laughter.
The latest entertainment guidelines by the Department of Islamic Development for concert organizers include ensuring artists who plan to perform in the country have no criminal record and that they sport hairstyles and attire that won’t leave anyone confused about their gender. Singers can forget about raunchy dance moves and comedians about making jokes on serious topics.
Prime Minister Najib Razak’s party has brought in policies to shore up support with itsMalay Muslim base since the ruling coalition’s worst-ever showing in the 2013 election. Rising Islamization in Malaysia is creating friction between those calling for stricter adherence to the religion in the Muslim-majority nation and others who want greater tolerance in a country with a sizable Chinese and Indian minority.
“Race and religion traditionally are convenient tools” in politics, said Oh Ei Sun, a senior fellow at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies in Singapore. “There is a vocal minority who are occupying positions of influence who are opportunistically inciting” divisive policies, he said.
Muslims make up more than 60 percent of Malaysia’s 30 million population. The Department of Islamic Development, known as Jakim, is a division within the prime minister’s office.
Guidelines, Not Law
Islamic authorities in recent months have criticized young female Muslim fans of South Korean pop stars for kissing or hugging the singers during concerts, calling it public indecency. They’ve also investigated a social activist who organized a dog touching event for Muslims.
The entertainment guidelines are not the law and are instead a point of reference, the Star newspaper reported Monday, citing Othman Mustapha, director-general of Jakim. He commented after Jakim was criticized for the guidelines, which were set out in a 16-pagereport on its website.
“We do not want to curtail any events, we just want to do what’s best for the people,” Othman was reported as saying. “The guidelines are meant to help the entertainment industry as there are more Muslim fans in it now.”
Islam is recognized as the official religion of Malaysia, which Najib describes as a “moderate” Islamic state, and non-Muslims have the right to choose and practice their faith.
Kesha, Beyonce
“Malaysia is a multi-racial, multicultural and multi-religious” country, said Chew Mei Fun, Deputy Minister of Women, Family and Community Development and also vice president of the Malaysian Chinese Association. “Any public policy which will restrict movements or alter the normative lifestyle of non-Muslims is unfeasible for Malaysia.”
Malaysia has previously asked foreign performers to cover up or face a ban. In October 2013, singer Kesha’s concert was canceled, BBC reported, while in 2006 the local organizers of a Pussycat Dolls concert were fined for breaking decency laws.
In 2009, Beyonce Knowles canceled her planned concert for a second time after conservative Muslims criticized the pop star for her raunchy stage clothes. In 2004, singer Mariah Carey agreed to dress less provocatively in order for her concert to go ahead, wearing a shirt and jeans throughout her “Charmbracelet” show as a protest.
Rising Intolerance
Signs of rising religious intolerance include Malaysia’s top court in January dismissing a final bid by the Catholic church to use the word “Allah” in its newspaper. Last month, members of Najib’s party joined an opposition Islamic party in supporting a law that punishes adulterers with death and thieves with amputation in the state of Kelantan.
About 50 people in a township near the capital of Kuala Lumpur protested against the placement of a cross on the facade of a building housing a new church, the Star reported Sunday. The protesters said the sight of the cross may sway Muslim youths in the area, and the church later agreed to remove it, the paper said.
Muslim leaders were among those who defended the church’s right to place a cross on the building, and Home Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said on Monday the protesters may be charged under the country’s sedition laws for stirring religious tensions, the paper said in separate reports.
Malaysians should exercise tolerance and mutual respect with people of different races and religions, and abide by principles that are enshrined in the constitution, Najib said in a statement Tuesday after a discussion of the protest during a cabinet meeting. The police are investigating, he said.
There are signs of greater Islamization in other Southeast Asian nations too.
In Indonesia, a regulation supported by Islamic groups came into effect this month that prohibited the sale of beer at convenience stores and other small shops in the world’s fourth-most populous country.
The Malaysian Islamic Development Department (Jakim) has posted new guidelines for artistes and entertainers looking to perform in the country on its website, with strict limitations imposed on their personality, dressing, behaviour and performances.
Jakim is also imposing gender segregation for the audience at concerts and shows while also clamping down on music and lyrics that have elements of “worship”, which are considered sacred to believers of other religions.
The rules were released by the department earlier this week after being approved by the 107th National Fatwa Committee Conference in February, and are available in a document linked to Jakim’s website. It states that this is the second edition of such rules.
Artistes, Jakim said, must possess “noble and good character” and should not have any criminal record, whether in civil or Shariah cases.
They must also be dressed modestly, without exposing their “aurat” or parts of the body that cannot be exposed according to Islam, and must not wear any clothes that can lead to “exploitation” by the audience.
Dressing, accessories and hairstyles must not resemble that of a different gender of the artiste, Jakim said. Cross-dressing during any performance is also banned.
The religious authority has also ruled that jokes made during performances must be appropriate and cannot lead to “excessive laughter”.
Besides that, jokes cannot be made at the expense of a “serious matter” and on “issues that are mournful”.
All performances must not go against the sensitivities of any religion and any race, while there also cannot be acts of worship of other beings or humans.
Dance performances, meanwhile, must not cause slander or lust, Jakim said, adding that men and women cannot perform in the same routine.
The music accompanying the performances must inject peace and positivity and cannot evoke negative emotions that are contradictory to Islam, the guidelines said.
The guidelines replace the previous one, which were mainly for preventing elements of vice and idolatry in performances.
“This guideline is to help those involved in the entertainment industry ensure that all events are carried out according to Shariah codes,” Jakim said, adding that it also hoped that organisers would inform authorities of any event.
The guidelines are not considered to be law. Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Seri Jamil Khir Baharom had said earlier this year that those giving approvals for any concert should always remind the organisers to adhere to Jakim’s guidelines.
He had said this in January after a three-minute video uploaded online showed three tudung-clad Muslim fans being hugged and kissed by K-pop artistes B14A at a mini-concert at the Live Centre in Jalan Sultan Ismail, Kuala Lumpur.
The video caused an uproar and religious authorities criticised the action of the girls and band members, saying they were overboard and against Islamic teachings, and had offended Muslim sensitivities.
Ada yang bertanya saya, setelah kita ketahui pandangan Majlis Fatwa Eropah (European Council for Fatwas and Research), European Fiqh Council, dan Persidangan Fekah Perubatan di Morocco 1997 dan lain-lain tidak mengharamkan istihalah khinzir yang terdapat bahan perubatan, makanan dan gunaan yang lain, sementara al-Fiqh al-Islamiy berpusat di Jedah pada keputusan tahun 1986 dan sebahagian pembesar ulama Arab Saudi pula mengharamkan gelatin khinzir yang terdapat dalam bahan perubatan dan makanan, apakah pendirian yang wajar kita ambil?
Saya ingin rumuskan seperti berikut;
1. Pada asasnya, istihalah yang telah menukar sesuatu bahan najis kepada bahan yang lain seperti bangkai kepada abu, mayat yang sudah menjadi tanah, arak kepada cuka, baja najis kepada pokok yang subur dan seumpamanya diiktiraf dalam Fekah Islam sejak dahulu. Cumanya, ada mazhab yang menyempitkan asas istihalah ini seperti Syafi’yyah dan Hanabilah (Hanbali). Ada pula yang meluaskannya seperti Hanafiyyah dan Zahiriyyah juga Malikiyyah. Tokoh-tokoh muhaqqiqin (penganalisis) seperti al-Imam Abu Bakr Ibn al-‘Arabi, Ibn Taimiyyah, Ibn Qayyim, al-Syaukani, Sadiq Hasan Khan dan lain-lain menyokong dan meneguhkan hujah bahawa peroses istihalah boleh menukar najis kepada bahan yang bersih.
2. Disebabkan umat Islam tidak menjadi pengeluar, kita asyik menjadi pengguna, maka bahan berasal khinzir tersebar begitu luas dalam pelbagai aspek kehidupan manusia; makanan, perubatan, bahan kecantikan dan lain-lain. Kehidupan manusia, termasuk umat Islam terpaksa berkait dengan bahan-bahan yang berasal dari sumber bahan yang haram. Fatwa dalam hal ini sudah pasti diperlukan.
3. Maka, fatwa tentang hal ini dikeluarkan oleh ulama termasuk yang membabit isu istihalah. Berikut teks kesimpulan fatwa Majlis Fatwa Eropah (European Council for Fatwas and Research) yang mengizinkan bahan yang berasal haram tapi telah berubah melalui proses, begitu juga alcohol yang sedikit yang terdapat dalam makanan tertentu yang tiada kesan:
Fatwa (34)
Q) The ingredients of some foods contain items which are denoted by the letter “E” and a string of numbers. We were told that this denotes items manufactured from Lard or Pork bone and marrow. If this is true, what is the Shari’a ruling on such foods?
A) The items which carry the letter “E” and a string of numbers are additives. Additives are more than 350 compounds, and could be either preservatives, colouring, flavourings, sweeteners, etc. These are divided into four groups according to their origin:
First: compounds of artificial chemical origin.
Second: compounds of vegetal origin
Third: compounds of animal origin
Fourth: compounds dissolved in Alcohol
The ruling on all these compounds is that they do not affect the status of these foods being Halal, due to the following:
The first and second groups are Halal because they originate from a permissible origin and no harm comes from using these items.
The third group is also Halal, because the animal origin does not remain the same during the process of manufacturing. In fact it is transformed radically from its original form to a new clean and pure form through a process called “chemical transformation”. This transformation also affects the legal ruling on such ingredients. Therefore, if the original form was unclean or Haram, the chemical transformation changed it to another ingredient which requires a new ruling. For instance, if alcohol changed and was transformed to vinegar, then it does not remain Haram, but carries a new ruling according to the nature of the new product, which is Halal.
As for the fourth group, these items are usually colourings and are normally used in extremely small quantities which dissolves in the final product form, which deems it an excused matter.
Therefore, any foods or drinks that contain any of these ingredients remains Halal and permissible for the Muslim’s consumption. We must also remember that our religion is a religion of ease and that we have been forbidden from making matters inconvenient and hard. Moreover, searching and investigating into such matters is not what Allah (swt) or His Messenger (ppbuh) ordered us to do.
Anggota Majlis Fatwa Eropah terdiri dari mereka yang berikut;
1. Professor Yusuf Al-Qaradawi, President of ECFR (Egypt, Qatar)
2. Judge Sheikh Faisal Maulawi, Vice-President (Lebanon)
3. Sheikh Hussein Mohammed Halawa, General Secretary (Ireland)
4. Sheikh Dr. Ahmad Jaballah (France)
5. Sheikh Dr. Ahmed Ali Al-Imam (Sudan)
6. Sheikh Mufti Ismail Kashoulfi (UK)
7. Ustadh Ahmed Kadhem Al-Rawi (UK)
8. Sheikh Ounis Qurqah (France)
9. Sheikh Rashid Al-Ghanouchi (UK)
10. Sheikh Dr. Abdullah Ibn Bayya (Saudi Arabia)
11. Sheikh Abdul Raheem Al-Taweel (Spain)
12. Judge Sheikh Abdullah Ibn Ali Salem (Mauritania)
13. Sheikh Abdullah Ibn Yusuf Al-Judai, (UK)
14. Sheikh Abdul Majeed Al-Najjar
15. Sheikh Abdullah ibn Sulayman Al-Manee’ (Saudi Arabia)
16. Sheikh Dr. Abdul Sattar Abu Ghudda (Saudi Arabia)
17. Sheikh Dr. Ajeel Al-Nashmi (Kuwait)
18. Sheikh Al-Arabi Al-Bichri (France)
19. Sheikh Dr. Issam Al-Bashir (Sudan)
20. Sheikh Ali Qaradaghi (Qatar)
21. Sheikh Dr. Suhaib Hasan Ahmed (UK)
22. Sheikh Tahir Mahdi (France)
23. Sheikh Mahboub-ul-Rahman (Norway)
24. Sheikh Muhammed Taqi Othmani (Pakistan)
25. Sheikh Muhammed Siddique (Germany)
26. Sheikh Muhammed Ali Saleh Al-Mansour (UAE)
27. Sheikh Dr. Muhammed Al-Hawari (Germany)
28. Sheikh Mahumoud Mujahed (Belguim)
29. Sheikh Dr. Mustafa Ciric (Bosnia)
30. Sheikh Nihad Abdul Quddous Ciftci (Germany)
31. Sheikh Dr. Naser Ibn Abdullah Al-Mayman (Saudi Arabia)
32. Sheikh Yusf Ibram (Switzerland)
4. Walaupun para ulama bersetuju pada asasnya proses istihalah itu, mereka kadang-kala berkhilaf pendapat tentang apakah sesuatu proses itu benar-benar merubah sifat bahan-bahan najis itu ataupun tidak. Ada bahan yang diyakini telah berubah, ada yang diandaikan tidak. Dalam soal gelatin babi umpamanya, sarjana fekah masakini berfatwa berdasarkan kepada taklimat saintis kepada mereka. Kadang-kala berlaku khilaf. Majlis Fatwa Eropah (European Council for Fatwas and Research) tadi yang terdiri dari tokoh-tokoh Islam dari Arab dan ulama Islam yang menetap di Eropah, begitu juga Europen Fiqh Council dan beberapa orang tokoh ilmuwan Islam antarabangsa menganggap telah berlaku istihalah. Sementara sebahagian ilmuwan pula menganggap proses istihalah bagi gelatin itu tidak sempurna. Maka, jadilah isu gelatin di sudut itu perkara yang syubhah.
5. Sesiapa yang mengelakkan sesuatu yang syubhat -sekalipun tidak sampai ke peringkat haram- merupakan perkara yang baik untuk diri dan agamanya. Namun, dia tidak boleh berkeras mengharamkan untuk umat Islam yang lain yang mempunyai pandangan yang berbeza. Dalam soal makan-minum, perubatan, pakaian, perhiasan, kebudayaan setiap pihak mesti mengakui keluasan fekah Islam dan mengiktiraf khilaf fekah yang berasaskan hujah. Tidak boleh hina-menghina dan bermusuhan dalam persoalan amalan peribadi yang seperti ini selagi semua pihak beramal atas dalil yang diyakininya.
6. Selagi, umat Islam mempunyai sumber yang pasti halal, mereka sepatutnya mengelakkan sumber yang syubhah. Di Malaysia umpamanya, gelatin halal wujud dan boleh didapati, maka memulaukan yang syubhat dapat menggalakkan industry halal.
7. Umat Islam hendaklah berusaha menjadi pengeluar, bukan sekadar pengguna. Kelemahan industri umat Islam adalah punca berluasan bahan yang syubhat dan juga mungkin haram.
I remembered talking about respect and tolerance for others some months back there are someone making a negative remark kononnya gambar2 Pork ni tak usah la post konon mereka geli.
Apa budu dan cencalok itu bukan ke bangkai makanan laut yg busuk mau pun ikan masin serta Perkasam dan belacan itu tak busuk ke? Dont u think other races also find that a complete turn off tetapi boleh pula kita mencekek dan sedap.
Susah jika manusia yg hidup mereka macam katak bawah tempurung ini. Ini makanan orang yg perlu kita respect dah tak perlu nak rasa jijik dan aib kan mereka. Shame on this moron that today is destroying the image of this country and causing alot of tension among other races with their itu haram dan ini haram! Dah tahu haram diam sudah la. Bangsa asing tak suruh pun kita mencekek bodoh! Why cant we exercise tolerance towards others instead of always finding fault at them bangsa Asing? This country is not just for the Muslim alone likewise the whole World. If other races and nation of the World can respect Islam and even the Pope can take his shoe off to enter our mosque in Juruselem nak saja saya kata di sini who the Hell are we to try and preached others and find fault as them sedang we our own race pun tak sempurna mana la!
I am getting so sick of reading all this irresponsible human being from the public to Politician that put their brain on their knee cap! Opened up yr eyes and watch the news where is Peace in this world today? Letaknya di hati dan tangan kita!
Sumber: Chef Wan
EDITOR’S NOTE
Di Singapura memang jarang ada masalah seperti ini kerana orang Singapura semua sudah ‘training’ makan di food court atau kedai kopi, di mana makanan halal dan bukan halal beroperasi di tempat yang sama dan tidak diasingkan.
Oleh itu, kalau cerita fasal isu toleransi, Singapura memang ternyata sudah memupuk sikap mulia ini sejak di bangku sekolah lagi 🙂
